Entertainment industry slang; possibly frombox office orbuffo.(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
boffo (comparativemoreboffo,superlativemostboffo)
- (chiefly US, slang)Outstanding; very good or successful.
- Synonyms:boff,clicko
2022 December 22, Peter Rainer, “Beyond the blockbusters: The 10 best films of 2022”, inThe Christian Science Monitor:And if the Hollywood stuff didn’t grab you, you could glom onto “RRR,” S.S. Rajamouli’s phenomenally successful Raj-era Indian action epic that, for sheerboffo exuberance, outdid anything the studios churned out this year.
2023 June 21, Julia Jacobs, “A Britney Spears Jukebox Musical Hopes for #SeeBritney Energy”, inThe New York Times[1],→ISSN:With a track list stacked with hits such as “Stronger,” “Toxic” and “Circus,” the show has the potential forboffo success, but it also faces unique challenges.
boffo (pluralboffos)
- (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A greatsuccess; ahit.
- “boffo adj.”, inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang,Jonathon Green, 2016–present
- Eric Partridge (2005), “boffo”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors,The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.:Routledge,→ISBN,page213.
